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Northampton County, NC


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2000 Census Data Summary: Northampton County

Population, 2000 22,086
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 5.2%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 5.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 24.3%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 17.4%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 39.1%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 59.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) 0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.6%
Female persons, percent, 2000 52.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 0.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 39.0%
High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 7,262
College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 1,207
Housing units, 2000 10,455
Homeownership rate, 2000 77.0%
Households, 2000 8,691
Persons per household, 2000 2.44
Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000 33.7%
Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $24,218
Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 23.1%
Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 32.8%


Links to county websites:

County Offices:

County Website
(http://northampton.sgarner349.com/)

Chamber of Commerce
(http://www.northamptonchamber.org)


Agencies:

Division of Forest Resources
(http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/)

Cooperative Extension Service
(http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/northampton/)

Natural Resource Conservation Service
(http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app)

Farm Service Agency
(http://www.Natural Resources Conservation Service.usda.gov/NC/northamp.htm)

Please send suggestions of other websites to link to this page to: erin_sills@ncsu.edu

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List of tables, graphs, and maps:

Economy:


Agriculture:

  • Agricultural Census data
    Table showing total number of farms and acreage, and number of farms with land in different uses.
  • Agricultural crops
    Table of crops planted on greatest acreage in the county over the past 30 years.
  • Number and acreage of farms
    Table showing number of farms, total acres in farms, and average acres per farm.
  • Federal funds
    Table of funding amounts for natural resource programs in the county over the past 5 years.


Forestry:

Water Quality

  • Water quality
    Map of sub-basins in the county and table of available data on water quality in those sub-basins.


Maps of Limited Resource Areas:

  • Income
    Map showing areas of the county with median income below the state average.
  • Poverty rates
    Map showing areas of the county with above-average poverty rates.
  • Education
    Map showing areas of the county with below-average highschool graduation rates.
  • Race
    Map showing areas of the county with above average minority population.

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